Kanye West
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Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. Intent on pursuing a career as a rapper, West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004 to widespread critical and commercial success. He went on to pursue a variety of different styles on subsequent albums Late Registration, Graduati

Kanye West discography
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American rapper and music producer Kanye West has released seven studio albums, two live albums, three video albums, four mixtapes, one hundred and ten singles and ninety-three music videos. West has sold over 21 million albums and 66 million digital downloads worldwide, as of May 2012, six of his songs have each exceeded three million digital down

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West performing in December 2008

Kanye West production discography
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The following list is a discography of production by Kanye West, an American rapper and record producer. It includes a list of songs produced, co-produced and remixed by year, artist, album, turn It Out Sample Credit, Davy DMX – One For the Treble Sample Credit, Willie Hutch – Hoespital Prelude of Love Theme 03. My Life Get It Started 02 and you Ma

The College Dropout
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The College Dropout is the debut studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released February 10,2004, by Roc-A-Fella Records. It was recorded over a period of four years, beginning in 1999, nonetheless intent on pursuing a solo career, it was several years before West finally received a record deal from Roc-A-Fella Records. It features vo

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The College Dropout

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West (center) refined the album's production and incorporated elements such as gospel choirs and string arrangements.

Late Registration
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Late Registration is the 2005 second studio album by American hip hop producer and rapper Kanye West. It was recorded over the course of a year in sessions held across studios in New York City and Hollywood, the album features guest contributions from Adam Levine, Lupe Fiasco, Jamie Foxx, Common, Jay-Z, Brandy, and Nas, among others. Its production

Graduation (album)
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Graduation is the third studio album by American hip hop recording artist and record producer Kanye West. It was released on September 11,2007, by Roc-A-Fella Records, Recording sessions for the album took place during 2005 to 2007 at Chung King Studios, Sony Music Studios in New York City, at Chalice Studios and The Record Plant in Los Angeles. It

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Graduation

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West's experiences on arena rock tours such as U2's Vertigo Tour (pictured) inspired his direction for the album.

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The track "Everything I Am" features turntable scratches by famed record producer DJ Premier

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the fifth studio album by American hip hop rapper and producer Kanye West. Following a period of public and legal controversy, West retreated to an exile in Hawaii in 2009. There, he worked on the album in a communal recording environment that involved numerous contributing musicians, the album features guest ap

Watch the Throne
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Watch the Throne is a collaborative studio album by American rappers Jay Z and Kanye West, released on August 8,2011, by Roc-A-Fella Records, Roc Nation, and Def Jam Recordings. Before the album, Jay Z and West had collaborated on their respective singles, as longtime friends, they originally sought out to record a five-song EP together, but the pr

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Watch the Throne

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Jay-Z and West recorded at various locations, including Real World Studios in Wiltshire, England.

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Singer Frank Ocean appears on "No Church in the Wild" and "Made in America". Ocean was brought onto the project per the reception of his prior musical ventures.

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Stylistically the album features samples largely considered unconventional, an aesthetic quality shared with West's previous album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Both albums had production handled by West.

Jay-Z
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Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as Jay Z, is an American rapper, businessman, and investor. He is one of the musicians of all time, having sold more than 100 million records. MTV ranked him the Greatest MC of all time in 2006, Rolling Stone ranked three of his albums—Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint, and The Black Album —among the 500 great

Yeezus
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Yeezus is the sixth solo album and seventh studio album by American rapper Kanye West. It was released on June 18,2013 by Def Jam Recordings, West gathered a number of artists and close collaborators for production on the album, including Mike Dean, Daft Punk, Noah Goldstein, Hudson Mohawke, Arca, and Travis Scott. Yeezus also features guest vocals

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West first began work on Yeezus at his personal loft in Paris, and on numerous occasions visited the Louvre (pictured) for inspiration.

Cruel Summer (GOOD Music album)
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Cruel Summer is a compilation album by recording artists of American record label GOOD Music, released on September 14,2012, by the label and Def Jam Recordings. American rapper Kanye West, head of the label, first revealed plans for a collaborative album in October 2011. The album produced four singles—Mercy, Cold, New God Flow, production on the

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The College Dropout Video Anthology
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The College Dropout Video Anthology is a DVD released featuring the music videos to the singles from Kanye Wests first studio album, The College Dropout, released on March 22,2005. It featured the videos to the previously unreleased Two Words, Slow Jamz, Through the Wire, All Falls Down, West has said on many occasions that he feels the imagery of

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The College Dropout Video Anthologie

We Were Once a Fairytale
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We Were Once a Fairytale is a 2009 short film directed by Spike Jonze. It stars hip hop musician Kanye West and this is the second collaboration between Jonze and West, since they co-directed the music video for Wests single Flashing Lights in 2008. In the film, Kanye West plays himself drunk at a nightclub embarrassing himself, West becomes excite

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We Were Once a Fairytale

Runaway (2010 film)
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Runaway is a 2010 American musical short film directed by Kanye West. It serves as the video for a compilation of songs from Wests album. It is inspired by other music-related films such as Purple Rain, Pink Floyd The Wall and Michael Jacksons Thriller and painters Pablo Picasso, directors Federico Fellini and Stanley Kubrick as well as fashion des

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Runaway

Cruel Summer (film)
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Cruel Summer is a short film by American musician Kanye West. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and was out of competition. A custom pyramid-shaped screening pavilion was constructed for the debut, designed by conceptual firms DONDA, OMA. Cruel Summer was shot using a camera rig, which allowed the directors to capture multiple angles simult

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Promotional poster

Vertigo Tour
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The Vertigo Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Irish rock band U2. Staged in support of the groups 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, the Vertigo Tour consisted of five legs that alternated between indoor arena shows in North America and outdoor stadium shows internationally. Much like the previous Elevation Tour, the portion of the

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U2 performs in Anaheim on April 1, 2005.

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The symbols of Islam, Judaism and Christianity form the word "Coexista" during a performance of " Sunday Bloody Sunday " in Mexico City.

Glow in the Dark Tour
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The Glow in the Dark Tour is a critically acclaimed world concert tour by Kanye West featuring Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, N. E. R. D, Santigold and Nas. It began on April 16,2008 in Seattle, Washington and travelled to Latin America, Asia, Europe, New Zealand, the tour featured some surprise special guest artists, including Gnarls Barkley and Jay-Z. Chr

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Rihanna on the tour

Fame Kills: Starring Kanye West and Lady Gaga
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Fame Kills, Starring Kanye West and Lady Gaga was a planned co-headlining concert tour by American rapper Kanye West and singer Lady Gaga. For the tour, which would have supported Wests fourth album 808s & Heartbreak and Gagas The Fame Monster EP, shortly after the cancellation, Gaga embarked on her own tour, The Monster Ball Tour, while West took

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Title card of the tour

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Gaga only agreed to tour with West under the condition that everything "remain gay".

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West (pictured) was criticized for his interruption of Taylor Swift 's VMA speech. The incident reportedly put the fate of the Fame Kills tour in question.

Watch the Throne Tour
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Following the Glow in the Dark Tour, it marks Wests first concert tour after four years, excluding his ultimately cancelled tour, Fame Kills with Lady Gaga. It follows Jay-Zs opening act for U2 at the U2 360° Tour, additional West singles like Gold Digger, Stronger, Heartless and All of the Lights and Jay-Z singles like Izzo,99 Problems, Run This T

The Yeezus Tour
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The Yeezus Tour was a concert tour by American rapper Kanye West in support of Wests sixth solo studio album, Yeezus. The venture served as Wests first solo tour in five years. Kendrick Lamar, A Tribe Called Quest, Travi$ Scott, and it had the second highest grossing leg of a tour during 2013, behind Paul McCartneys Out There. After the release of

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The Yeezus Tour

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West laying on the triangular main stage accompanied by dancers; all shown on a circular LED screen above Mount Yeezus.

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West performing during the Yeezus Tour in support of the album of the same name.

Glow in the Dark (book)

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Cover of Glow in the Dark

Roc-A-Fella Records
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Roc-A-Fella Records was an American record label founded by American recording artist Jay-Z, Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs Burke. It operated as a division of The Island Def Jam Music Group, the foundation of the label occurred in 1996, beginning as an independent outlet for rapper Jay-Zs first album. M. O. P. and DJ Clue, as well as producer Irv Got

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Roc-A-Fella Records

GOOD Music

Very GOOD Beats
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GOOD Music, Inc. is an American record label founded in 2004, by hip hop artist and record producer Kanye West. The label has housed several successful recording artists throughout the years, such as Big Sean, Pusha T, Common, John Legend, Tyga, Kid Cudi, Desiigner, Teyana Taylor and Mos Def, among others. Their roster of producers include Travis S

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Kid Cudi signed to the label in 2008 and left in 2013, following the release of his third album Indicud.

Nike Air Yeezy
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The Nike Air Yeezy is an official sneaker collaboration project between Nike and Kanye West. Notable as the brands first non-athlete full collaboration, the project has released two editions, the Air Yeezy and the Air Yeezy II. The Nike Air Yeezy, was developed from 2007 to 2009 by rapper Kanye West, the design process for the Nike Air Yeezy was lo

Shutter Shades
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Shutter Shades, also known as slatted shades or Venetian Blind shades are louvered sunglasses. A design of louvered sunglasses was released in America in the 1950s, the 1980s design became a popular youth fashion trend. Instead of having lenses, the design is characterized by its shutter motif, the shades are marketed as suitable for both men and w

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A young man wearing shutter shades.

Kanye Zone
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Kanye Zone is a browser game developed by Otter Spice Productions. The game incorporates sound clips from Wests song Niggas in Paris, in May 2013, a follow-up game, titled Pitbull Party and based on the rapper Pitbull, was released. The players left and right arrow keys and space bar control a bumper that moves around a purple circle, a silhouette

Kim Kardashian
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Kimberly Kim Kardashian West is an American reality television personality, socialite, actress, businesswoman and model. Kardashian first gained attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton. Later that year, she and her family began to appear in the E. s reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Its success soon led to the cre

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Kardashian at Westfield Parramatta in Sydney, Australia, September 2014

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Kanye West
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Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. Intent on pursuing a career as a rapper, West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004 to widespread critical and commercial success. He went on to pursue a variety of different styles on subsequent albums Late Registration, Graduation, and 808s & Heartbreak. In 2010, he released his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to rave reviews from critics, West released his abrasive sixth album, Yeezus, to further critical praise in 2013. His seventh album, The Life of Pablo, was released in 2016, Wests outspoken views and life outside of music have received significant mainstream attention. He has been a frequent source of controversy for his conduct at award shows, on social media and he is the founder and head of the creative content company DONDA. His 2014 marriage to television personality Kim Kardashian has also been subject to media coverage. He has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all time, three of his albums have been included and ranked on Rolling Stones 2012 update of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. He has also included in a number of Forbes annual lists. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005 and 2015, West was born on June 8,1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents divorced when he was three years old, after the divorce, he and his mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. His father, Ray West, is a former Black Panther and was one of the first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ray West was later a Christian counselor, and in 2006, opened the Good Water Store and Café in Lexington Park, Maryland with startup capital from his son. West, was a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, West was raised in a middle-class background, attending Polaris High School in suburban Oak Lawn, Illinois after living in Chicago. At the age of 10, West moved with his mother to Nanjing, China, according to his mother, West was the only foreigner in his class, but settled in well and quickly picked up the language, although he has since forgotten most of it. When asked about his grades in school, West replied, I got As. West demonstrated an affinity for the arts at an early age and his mother recalled that she first took notice of Wests passion for drawing and music when he was in the third grade. Growing up in Chicago, West became deeply involved in its hip hop scene and he started rapping in the third grade and began making musical compositions in the seventh grade, eventually selling them to other artists

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Kanye West discography
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American rapper and music producer Kanye West has released seven studio albums, two live albums, three video albums, four mixtapes, one hundred and ten singles and ninety-three music videos. West has sold over 21 million albums and 66 million digital downloads worldwide, as of May 2012, six of his songs have each exceeded three million digital downloads. Six of his seven studio albums have been certified at least platinum in the United States, in 2003, West collaborated with rapper Twista and singer Jamie Foxx on the song Slow Jamz, which became Wests first single to top the US Billboard Hot 100. In 2005, West released his studio album Late Registration. Late Registration produced five singles, including Touch the Sky, Heard Em Say and Gold Digger, the critically acclaimed album has sold over three million copies and has attained five multi-platinum certifications, including a triple-platinum certification from the RIAA. In 2007, Wests third studio album Graduation debuted at one on the Billboard 200 and shipped over 957,000 units in its first week. Graduation held the one spot on the Billboard 200 for over a month. It supported by five singles, including the Billboard Hot 100 number one single Stronger, in 2008, Wests fourth album 808s & Heartbreak was released and became his third consecutive number one release on the Billboard 200. It featured two top three singles, Love Lockdown and Heartless, from 2008 to 2009, West collaborated with artists on multiple Hot 100 top ten singles, including American Boy by singer Estelle, Swagga Like Us by rappers Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and T. I. Knock You Down by singer Keri Hilson, Run This Town by Jay-Z and Rihanna, in 2010, West released his fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, continuing a streak of number one albums for West. Four singles were released from the album, all of which reached the top 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, Power, Monster, Runaway and All of the Lights. In 2011, West collaborated with American singer Katy Perry on a remix of her song E. T. which hit one on the Billboard Hot 100. Watch the Throne, a collaboration with Jay-Z, was released as Wests sixth studio album in August 2011, peaking at number one on the Billboard 200, Watch the Throne produced seven singles, including the Billboard Hot 100 top 25 singles H•A•M, Otis and Niggas in Paris. Wests sixth studio album Yeezus was released in June 2013 and debuted at one in the United States. It included three singles including Fade, the album was met with positive reviews. Official website Kanye West at AllMusic Kanye West discography, forum, and marketplace at Discogs Kanye West discography at MusicBrainz

Kanye West production discography
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West working in the studio with his mentor No I.D. (left)

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The College Dropout
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The College Dropout is the debut studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released February 10,2004, by Roc-A-Fella Records. It was recorded over a period of four years, beginning in 1999, nonetheless intent on pursuing a solo career, it was several years before West finally received a record deal from Roc-A-Fella Records. It features vocal contributions from Jay-Z, Mos Def, Jamie Foxx, Syleena Johnson, diverging from the then-dominant gangster persona in hip hop, Wests lyrics concern themes of family, self-consciousness, materialism, religion, racism, and higher education. The album was promoted by singles including Through the Wire and Jesus Walks, All Falls Down and Slow Jamz both charted within the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, with the latter charting at number one. Upon its release, The College Dropout debuted at two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 441,000 copies during its first week. It is Wests best-selling album in the United States, with sales of 3.4 million copies. It has been named by Time and Rolling Stone, among other publications, although he had attained success as a producer, Kanye West aspired to be a rapper, but had struggled to attain a record deal. Record companies ignored him because he did not portray the gangsta image prominent in hip hop at the time. After a series of meetings with Capitol Records, West was ultimately denied an artist deal, according to Capitol Records A&R, Joe Weinberger, he was approached by West and almost signed a deal with him, but another person in the company convinced Capitols president not to. Desperate to keep West from defecting to another label, then-label head Damon Dash reluctantly signed West to Roc-A-Fella Records, the crash left him with a shattered jaw, which had to be wired shut in reconstructive surgery. The accident inspired West, two weeks after being admitted to a hospital, he recorded a song at the Record Plant Studios with his jaw wired shut. West added that the album was my medicine, as working on the record distracted him from the pain, through The Wire was first available on Wests Get Well Soon. At the same time, West announced that he was working on an album called The College Dropout, Dont let society tell you, This is what you have to do. The College Dropout was recorded at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, California, according to John Monopoly, Wests friend, manager and business partner, the album. Hes been gathering beats for years and he was always producing with the intention of being a rapper. Theres beats on the album hes been saving for himself for years. At one point, West hovered between making a portion of the production in the studio and the majority within his own apartment in Newark, New Jersey. Because it was an apartment, West was able to set up a home studio in one of the rooms

The College Dropout
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West (center) refined the album's production and incorporated elements such as gospel choirs and string arrangements.
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The album's second single, "Slow Jamz", features vocalist Jamie Foxx (left).

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Late Registration
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Late Registration is the 2005 second studio album by American hip hop producer and rapper Kanye West. It was recorded over the course of a year in sessions held across studios in New York City and Hollywood, the album features guest contributions from Adam Levine, Lupe Fiasco, Jamie Foxx, Common, Jay-Z, Brandy, and Nas, among others. Its production was notably more lush and elaborate than Wests 2004 debut album The College Dropout, as he utilized intricate sampling methods, Wests lyrics explore both personal and political themes, including poverty, drug trafficking, racism, healthcare, and the blood diamond trade. Late Registration was released by Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings on August 30,2005 and it earned West the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and an Album of the Year nomination, while appearing at the top of several publications year-end lists ranking the years top albums. Rolling Stone named it the best album of 2005, and later included it at number 118 on its 2012 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Late Registration debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 860,000 copies in its first week. The album has thus far sold over 3.1 million copies in the United States and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It produced five singles, including the international hits Touch the Sky, Heard Em Say and Gold Digger, Music videos for all five singles were produced, and West also supported the album with a promotional concert tour, and the live album Late Orchestration. Late Registration is the second of Kanye Wests planned four education-themed studio albums, following the major success of The College Dropout, the album reveals his progression in writing lyrics and an incorporation of a wider range of musical styles. At the time, the point of Wests production style was the use of sped-up vocal samples from soul records. A longtime fan of the English trip hop group Portishead, West had been influenced by Roseland NYC Live. Early in his career, the album had inspired him to incorporate string arrangements into his hip hop production. Though West had not been able to afford many live instruments around the time of his debut album, West juxtaposed the lush, intricate melodies of the string section with the hard, pounding drum rhythms of hip-hop, and used the sound for the foundation of his rapping. West collaborated with American film score composer Jon Brion, who served as the albums co-executive producer for several tracks, West had been exposed to Brions work while watching the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, for which Brion had composed music. Hes got this sense of pop record-making which is really solid and he was already barking up that tree. This is definitely not just a hip-hop album, but it is also by no means overtly arty, or non-hip-hop. I dont think its a record by any means. West took over a year and invested two million dollars towards the construction of Late Registration and he began working in the studio after he finished touring with Usher on the R&B singers The Truth Tour. By November 2004, West had completed nearly seventy-five percent of the album, however he felt unsatisfied with its outcome and in March of the following year, he brought in Jon Brion, which drastically altered the projects direction

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Film composer Jon Brion assisted with the album's production.
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West and Foxx collaborated on the track "Gold Digger".

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Graduation (album)
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Graduation is the third studio album by American hip hop recording artist and record producer Kanye West. It was released on September 11,2007, by Roc-A-Fella Records, Recording sessions for the album took place during 2005 to 2007 at Chung King Studios, Sony Music Studios in New York City, at Chalice Studios and The Record Plant in Los Angeles. It was primarily produced by West himself, with contributions from DJ Toomp, as well as Mike Dean, Nottz, Brian All Day Miller, Eric Hudson, Warryn Campbell, Gee Roberson, Plain Pat and Jon Brion. It features guest contributions from artists, including Mos Def, Dwele, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, DJ Premier, the albums cover artwork was designed by Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami. Toward this end, West incorporated synthesizer sounds into his production and dabbled with electronic music, lyrically, the album is more introspective in comparison to its predecessors, as West dedicated much of Graduation towards analyzing himself and conveying his ambivalent outlook on his newfound fame. It continues the theme of Wests previous two studio albums, The College Dropout and Late Registration. The album debuted at one on the US Billboard 200. It produced five singles, including the international hits Cant Tell Me Nothing, Stronger, the outcome of the competition marks a turning point in hip-hop culture, when the dominance of gangsta rap in mainstream hip-hop was brought to an end. Graduation received positive reviews from most critics and earned West several accolades, the album has sold 2,700,000 copies in the US and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album demonstrates yet another distinctive progression in Wests musical style, Kanye West was particularly influenced by house music, a subgenre of electronic dance music that first originated in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois in the early 1980s. West has stated growing up, he would listen to hip-hop music at home or in his car. While he rarely listened to house at home, he felt it was an important part of his culture. Along with house music, Graduation contains samples and music elements of euro-disco, hard rock, electronica, lounge, progressive rock, synth-pop, electro, krautrock, dub, reggae, and dancehall. Also, for much of the studio album, Kanye West modified his style of rapping and adopted a dilatory. West altered his vocabulary, he utilized less of the percussive, rhythmic consonants in favor of the more smoother, in addition to U2, West drew inspiration from other arena rock bands such as The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin for the melodies and chord progressions of his songs. He also chose to back on the guest appearances, limiting himself to just one single guest rap verse on the entire studio album. Largely due to all this and the inclusion of the layered electronic synthesizers, but he also acknowledged the fact that the differences did not right away and without a doubt make Graduation a good album. However, he felt it was a representation of the music he was listening to at that time, Kanye West began working on Graduation immediately after releasing his second studio album Late Registration

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the fifth studio album by American hip hop rapper and producer Kanye West. Following a period of public and legal controversy, West retreated to an exile in Hawaii in 2009. There, he worked on the album in a communal recording environment that involved numerous contributing musicians, the album features guest appearances from Bon Iver, Jay Z, Pusha T, Rick Ross, Kid Cudi, Nicki Minaj, John Legend and more. Production is led by West himself, alongside a variety of record producers including Mike Dean. Jeff Bhasker, RZA, S1, Bink and DJ Frank E, the album deals with themes of excess and celebrity, and explores such issues as consumer culture, race, and the idealism of the American Dream. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was released on November 22,2010, to promote the album, West released free songs through his GOOD Fridays series and four singles, the Billboard hits Power, Monster, and Runaway, and the international hit All of the Lights. It was also promoted with a film set to the records music. The album debuted at one on the Billboard 200 and eventually sold 1,032,000 copies in the United States. A widespread critical success, it was named the best record of 2010 by many publications and has appeared on several lists ranking the greatest albums of all time. The album was conceived during Wests self-imposed exile in Oahu, Hawaii, following a period of legal and public image controversy amid an overworked mental state. West later said that his fatigue from overworking led to his controversial outburst at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, his disgust with its ensuing media response and it was formerly known as Good Ass Job and tentatively Dark Twisted Fantasy. GOOD Music artist Big Sean was the second to announce the title of the album as Good Ass Job, on July 24,2010, on Kanye Wests blog, a banner appeared reading My Dark Twisted Fantasy Trailer. On July 28,2010, West announced via his new official Twitter account that The album is no longer called Good Ass Job Im bouncing a couple of titles around now, the official title, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, was announced on October 5,2010. It was reported that West spent over $3 million in expenses from his record label Def Jam on the recording. Drake, Common, Jay-Z, Eminem, Lil Wayne, John Legend, Fergie, Rihanna, The-Dream, Ryan Leslie, Elton John, Justin Vernon, Seal, Beyoncé, Kid Cudi, Mos Def, Santigold, Alicia Keys, Elly Jackson, and Tony Williams. Record producers who participated in the sessions with West included Q-Tip, RZA, DJ Premier, Madlib, Madlib said he made five beats for the album, while DJ Premier said his beats were ultimately discarded. West, who had recorded at Avex for 808s & Heartbreak. According to Noah Callahan-Bever, who visited West during the recording sessions and he heads to another studio room to make progress on another song

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Watch the Throne
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Watch the Throne is a collaborative studio album by American rappers Jay Z and Kanye West, released on August 8,2011, by Roc-A-Fella Records, Roc Nation, and Def Jam Recordings. Before the album, Jay Z and West had collaborated on their respective singles, as longtime friends, they originally sought out to record a five-song EP together, but the project eventually evolved into a full-length album. Recording sessions took place at locations and began in November 2010. Production on the album was led by West himself, alongside a variety of record producers including Mike Dean, Swizz Beatz, Sak Pase, Jeff Bhasker, The Neptunes. Jay-Z and Wests braggadocio lyrics exhibit themes of opulence, fame, materialism, power, the album expresses other topics such as Jay-Zs thoughts on fatherhood, Wests reflection on being deemed a social villain, and their legacy as performers. Music writers interpreted the subject matter to concern the rappers plight as African Americans struggling with financial success in America. The album produced seven singles, including H•A•M, Otis, Lift Off, No Church in the Wild, and the Billboard Hot 100 top five Niggas in Paris, which all received music videos. Jay-Z and West promoted the album with the Watch the Throne Tour that spanned October 2011 to June 2012, Watch the Throne debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 436,000 copies its first week. While some critics found the lyrical content uninspiring, its production. Many critics and publications placed the album in their year-end best-of lists and it also earned Jay-Z and West seven Grammy Award nominations. The album is certified platinum in the US, Wests early production work on Jay-Zs music helped raise his profile in the music industry. While originally only viewed as a producer, West eventually was seen as both a viable rapper and producer thanks to the success of his debut album The College Dropout, West continued to be one of Jay-Zs main producers on subsequent albums such as The Black Album and Kingdom Come. Jay-Z appeared on Kanyes first two albums as well, and the two frequently collaborated, during the promotional stages of Wests My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, a remix of the song Power surfaced featuring Jay-Z. Following this, West announced on Twitter his intention to drop a five-track EP with Jay-Z, also according to the rapper, the track Monster was intended for the EP, though that failed to surface. It was later revealed by West that the project had expanded into a full-length album in an October 2010 interview for MTV. He said in the interview that they planned to record in the south of France, production began in November 2010 in England and continued during available times in Jay-Zs and Wests schedules at locations in Australia, Paris, Abu Dhabi, New York City, and Los Angeles. He noted difficulties in the process, including arguments with West regarding their direction. Following the release of single, H•A•M in January 2011

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Jay-Z and West recorded at various locations, including Real World Studios in Wiltshire, England.
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Singer Frank Ocean appears on "No Church in the Wild" and "Made in America". Ocean was brought onto the project per the reception of his prior musical ventures.
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Stylistically the album features samples largely considered unconventional, an aesthetic quality shared with West's previous album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Both albums had production handled by West.

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Jay-Z
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Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as Jay Z, is an American rapper, businessman, and investor. He is one of the musicians of all time, having sold more than 100 million records. MTV ranked him the Greatest MC of all time in 2006, Rolling Stone ranked three of his albums—Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint, and The Black Album —among the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2014, Forbes estimated his net worth at nearly $520 million, Jay Z co-owns the New York 40/40 Club sports bar, and is the co-creator of the clothing line Rocawear. He is the president of Def Jam Recordings, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records. He also founded the sports agency Roc Nation Sports and is a certified NBA, as an artist, he holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 with 13. He has also had four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, in 2009, he was ranked the tenth-most successful artist of the 2000s by Billboard as well as the fifth top solo male artist and fourth top rapper behind Eminem, Nelly, and 50 Cent. He was also ranked the 88th-greatest artist of all time by Rolling Stone, Jay Z married Singer-Songwriter Beyoncé in 2008. Shawn Carter was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Marcy Houses and he and his three siblings were raised by their mother, Gloria Carter after their father, Adness Reeves abandoned the family. Reeves would later meet and reconcile with Jay Z before dying from liver failure in 2003, Jay Z claims in his lyrics that in 1982, at the age of 12, he shot his older brother in the shoulder for stealing his jewelry. Along with future rapper AZ, Carter attended Eli Whitney High School in Brooklyn until it was closed down, according to his interviews and lyrics, during this period he sold crack cocaine and was shot at three times. According to his mother, Carter used to wake up his siblings at night banging out drum patterns on the kitchen table and she bought him a boom box for his birthday, sparking his interest in music. He began freestyling and writing lyrics, known as Jazzy around the neighborhood, Carter later adopted the showbiz/stage name Jay-Z in homage to his mentor Jaz-O. He would drop the hyphen in 2013, Jay Z can be briefly heard on several of Jaz-Os early recordings in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including The Originators and Hawaiian Sophie. Jay Z became embroiled in several battles with rapper LL Cool J in the early 1990s and he first became known to a wide audience on the posse cut Show and Prove on the 1994 Big Daddy Kane album Daddys Home. When I would leave the stage to go change outfits, I would bring out Jay Z and Positive K and let them freestyle until I came back to the stage. The young Jay Z appeared on a song by Big L, Da Graveyard, and on Mic Geronimos Time to Build. His first official rap single was called In My Lifetime, for which he released a music video, an unreleased music video was also produced for the B-side I Cant Get with That

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Yeezus
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Yeezus is the sixth solo album and seventh studio album by American rapper Kanye West. It was released on June 18,2013 by Def Jam Recordings, West gathered a number of artists and close collaborators for production on the album, including Mike Dean, Daft Punk, Noah Goldstein, Hudson Mohawke, Arca, and Travis Scott. Yeezus also features guest vocals from Justin Vernon, Chief Keef, Kid Cudi, Assassin, King L, Charlie Wilson, fifteen days before its release date, West enlisted the help of producer Rick Rubin to strip down the records sound in favor of a more minimalist approach. Yeezus has been characterized as Wests most experimental and sonically abrasive work and it draws from an array of genres, including industrial, acid house, electro, dancehall, punk, and Chicago drill. It also continues Wests unconventional use of samples, as on Blood on the Leaves, the release features no album artwork, and the physical CD edition of the album was released in a clear jewel box with only a strip of red tape and sample credits. Initial promotion of Yeezus included worldwide video projections of the albums music, West released two singles from the album, the song Black Skinhead in July 2013 and Bound 2 the following month. Yeezus received widespread acclaim from critics, many of whom named it among Wests best work and commended its brash direction, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 327,000 copies in its first week of release. It topped the charts of 30 other countries, including the United Kingdom, Yeezus was nominated in two categories at the 2014 Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album. As of 2016, the album has sold 750,000 copies in the United States, following the release of his fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, West collaborated with longtime friend Jay Z on Watch the Throne. In July 2012, producer No I. D, the album features additional vocals by Justin Vernon, Frank Ocean, Kid Cudi, Chief Keef, King L, Assassin and Charlie Wilson. West was influenced primarily by minimalist design and architecture during the production of Yeezus, a single Le Corbusier lamp was his greatest inspiration. West worked closely with the architect Oana Stanescu, and took trips to Le Corbusier homes. West also wanted a deep influence on the album. Alejandro Jodorowskys The Holy Mountain was also an inspiration for the album, in 2012, West began recording his seventh studio album with collaborators, including No I. D. and DJ Khaled. The first recordings were held in January 2013, in the room of his personal loft at a Paris hotel. West kept compositions simple in order to hear the more clearly. The beats emanating from the space, which sometimes lasted through the night. Reports emerged that he and his then-girlfriend Kim Kardashian had moved to the loft in order for West to begin work on the album, the atmosphere in the studio was described by contributor Evian Christ as very focused, and West once again brought in several close collaborators

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West first began work on Yeezus at his personal loft in Paris, and on numerous occasions visited the Louvre (pictured) for inspiration.
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Kanye West enlisted Def Jam Recordings co-founder Rick Rubin to executive produce the album.
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Kanye West performing during The Yeezus Tour.

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Cruel Summer (GOOD Music album)
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Cruel Summer is a compilation album by recording artists of American record label GOOD Music, released on September 14,2012, by the label and Def Jam Recordings. American rapper Kanye West, head of the label, first revealed plans for a collaborative album in October 2011. The album produced four singles—Mercy, Cold, New God Flow, production on the album was primarily handled by members of GOOD Musics production wing, Very GOOD Beats, including West, Hit-Boy, Hudson Mohawke, Travis Scott and Lifted, among others. Cruel Summer received moderately positive reviews critics, who found it uneven as an album but commended its hubristic style. It debuted at two on the US Billboard 200, selling 205,000 copies in its first week. The album also reached the top 10 of charts in Australia, Canada, Switzerland, as of November 4,2012, Cruel Summer has sold 389,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Kanye West founded the GOOD Music label in 2004, since the labels inception, multiple acts have been signed to the label, including close collaborators of West such as Kid Cudi, Common, John Legend, Pusha T, Big Sean and Travi$ Scott. West first announced plans for a GOOD Music album in October 2011 via his Twitter account, writing, later on May 23,2012, the title was revealed in part with a film, Cruel Summer, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. The album was slated for release on August 7,2012. Pusha T said that he recorded over 20 verses for the album, American rapper Azealia Banks also said that she recorded with West earlier in 2012, but her contributions were not included on the album. The albums artwork was designed by DONDA, Wests creative agency, mercy, a collaboration between Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz, was released as the albums lead single on April 3,2012. The track was premiered by Funkmaster Flexs Hot 97 radio show and was released onto the Internet the following day onto Wests official website. The release of the track continued Wests GOOD Fridays, a giveaway that provided free MP3 downloads every week. The song peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Cold, featuring DJ Khaled, was released as the albums second single. The track was released as a single onto iTunes on April 17,2012. Following its digital release, the song impacted urban radio on May 8,2012. The single peaked at numbers 89 and 69 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100, New God Flow, a collaboration between Pusha T and Kanye West, was released onto iTunes as the albums third single on July 21,2012. It first premiered at the 2012 BET Awards on July 2,2012, the song peaked at number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100

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The College Dropout Video Anthology
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The College Dropout Video Anthology is a DVD released featuring the music videos to the singles from Kanye Wests first studio album, The College Dropout, released on March 22,2005. It featured the videos to the previously unreleased Two Words, Slow Jamz, Through the Wire, All Falls Down, West has said on many occasions that he feels the imagery of his music videos are very important to him and an integral part to his art. He contributed to the direction of the videos for All Falls Down, the initial music video for Jesus Walks was rejected by MTV and other networks for being inappropriate for airing, so West made an alternate version for MTV. A third video was made, although rarely seen before this DVD. It was accompanied by a bonus audio CD that featured seven otherwise unreleased songs by West, three are remixes or reprises of songs from The College Dropout, two are alternate instrumental versions of Dropout tracks, and two were previously unreleased originals. On June 13,2007, the DVD/CD set was declared certified Gold by the RIAA, such an honor was declared once the album surpassed the 500,000 units sold mark. We Dont Care Produced by Kanye West Contains samples from I Just Wanna Stop performed by The Jimmy Castor Bunch 2, Jesus Walks Produced by Kanye West Additional vocals by John Legend Contains a sample of Walk With Me performed by The Arc Choir 3. Its Alright Produced by Kanye West 4, the New Workout Plan Produced by Lil Jon 5

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We Were Once a Fairytale
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We Were Once a Fairytale is a 2009 short film directed by Spike Jonze. It stars hip hop musician Kanye West and this is the second collaboration between Jonze and West, since they co-directed the music video for Wests single Flashing Lights in 2008. In the film, Kanye West plays himself drunk at a nightclub embarrassing himself, West becomes excited when See You in My Nightmares starts playing in the club and he begins to wander around the club reminding everyone that it is his song, even though everyone already knows that. He also tries to flirt with many of the women there, who are at first starstruck, West embarrasses himself further when he tries to hit on a woman who is there with her boyfriend. He later runs into Fonzworth Bentley, who he has a conversation with until another drunk man comes up to West. After Bentley corrects the man, the man continues interrupting the conversation while attempting to talk to West until Bentley grabs the man, on the dance floor, West tries to dance but ends up leaning on a stranger, barely conscious. He then wanders into an empty room where he begins to feel depressed. She comforts him and tells him Its OK while he cries on her shoulder and they begin to have sex on a sofa but he passes out on top of her. When West wakes up a time later, he finds himself with his pants down. Startled and nauseated, he rushes to the bathroom and vomits what appear to be rose petals, West finds a bowie knife in the bathroom and cuts into his stomach, spilling a torrent of petals from his stomach. He pushes the knife in deeper and, with his hands, digs out of himself a small rodent-like creature, when Kanye realizes it is connected to him by an umbilical cord, he cuts the cord with the knife. He then places the creature on a counter in front of him. The creature grabs the knife and eyes it apprehensively before shaking its head at West. West watches as the creature commits suicide, falls over, the film cuts to black with West still looking at its corpse lying on the counter. The plot is based on a developed by Jonze, who then approached West whom Jonze thought would be great for the role. Jonze and West spoke about working together on a video for Wests song See You in My Nightmares from his fourth studio album 808s & Heartbreak. They later agreed that the new video should be expanded into an experimental film, Jonze said the film was meant to illustrate the themes of loss and isolation on 808s & Heartbreak. The short film was shot near the end of January 2009 within two days in the Foxtail nightclub in West Hollywood, California, Fonzworth Bentley, Mike Carroll, and members of the GIRL skateboard team make cameos as Wests friends and other guests at the nightclub

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Runaway (2010 film)
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Runaway is a 2010 American musical short film directed by Kanye West. It serves as the video for a compilation of songs from Wests album. It is inspired by other music-related films such as Purple Rain, Pink Floyd The Wall and Michael Jacksons Thriller and painters Pablo Picasso, directors Federico Fellini and Stanley Kubrick as well as fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld are also direct inspirations. The film depicts a relationship between a man and a half-woman, half-phoenix, and is set to music by Kanye West from his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The film opens with Griffin running down a road in a forest with his shirt unbuttoned and this is followed with a narration by Nicki Minaj in an English accent. Griffin is then shown driving his MTX Tatra V8 through the forest with Dark Fantasy playing in the background, a phoenix, appearing as half-woman and half-phoenix, crashes down to Earth as a meteorite and Griffin crashes his MTX Tatra V8 in the forest. This scene, according to GQ, echoes Wests car accident that was the inspiration for Through the Wire, while the car explodes in the background, Griffin carries the phoenix in his arms and brings her home. The phoenix comes into contact with objects from the world, including a news display on a flat-screen television. All of the Lights is heard during this sequence, Griffin falls in love with the phoenix and they attend a formal dinner party, during which Devil in a New Dress is heard. The disgusted guests appear to exchange negative comments about the phoenix, the party-goers are dressed in white, with the exception of Griffin and the exotic Phoenix, who stands out as both worldly and other-worldly, by comparison to the other guests. Biblical imagery gives the setting a church-like quality, the first course is bread and a pink beverage served in wine glasses, suggesting Holy Communion. Later, loaves and fishes are on the menu, the diners toast to the lyrics saluting the douche bags and applaud Griffins performance. The dinner ends when the phoenix, horrified, screams in anguish at the revelation that the dish is a large turkey. The beginning of Hell of a Life, is played during this scene and it then cuts to a scene of the phoenix sitting in Griffins garden whilst a dark cloud overwhelms the sky, accompanied by Blame Game. The couple is seen sitting outside under the stars where they chat about the creation of sculptures, the phoenix claims they are phoenixes that have been turned to stone by society. She comments on the nature of his world, declaring. Anything that is different you try to change and she then tells him she must burst into flames to avoid this fate, and thus, return to her world. Griffin, however, cannot accept this and they love to Lost in the World

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Cruel Summer (film)
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Cruel Summer is a short film by American musician Kanye West. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and was out of competition. A custom pyramid-shaped screening pavilion was constructed for the debut, designed by conceptual firms DONDA, OMA. Cruel Summer was shot using a camera rig, which allowed the directors to capture multiple angles simultaneously. This style of filming and screening a movie has become known as the Seven Screen Experience. The film is inspired by the album of the name by Wests record label GOOD Music. It has been described as a fusion of film and art. To date, the film has not been released online or through any media platform, Rafi, a high-end car thief, falls in love with a blind Arabian princess whose father will only allow them to wed if he can pass a series of three challenges. Loosely based on old Arabian folk tales, the story culminates in a challenge where Rafi must cure the Princess of her blindness in order to gain her companionship. Emissaries of Wests team traveled to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha and they met with prominent government officials and private executives in each location to secure funding and shooting permits. It later emerged that Cruel Summer would be shot in Doha. Sarah A. a first time Qatari actress played the lead in Cruel Summer. Never before has a Qatari woman starred in a movie in the countrys history, production of the film took place in mid-April, just one month before the movies premiere during Cannes Film Festival. Post-production and editing subsequently occurred in New York City, West described the seven-screen project as an attempt to change entertainment experiences. Like if McQueen or Tarsem was to meet the entertainment value of Cirque du Soleil or Walt Disney and it related to a post-Steve Jobs, post-Windows era, where were always on our BlackBerry in a ball game or at the movies. I was very particular about having the screens separate, where your mind puts the screens back together, the way you put memories together. Im not the best director in the world, but I had an idea that I thought would be amazing to inspire people and you know, Tarantino doing a movie like this or a horror movie like this, animation, 3-D. in this form that surrounds you. People want to go back and see it more and more because they missed something to their left or to their right, and it feels more like the experience of life

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Promotional poster

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Vertigo Tour
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The Vertigo Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Irish rock band U2. Staged in support of the groups 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, the Vertigo Tour consisted of five legs that alternated between indoor arena shows in North America and outdoor stadium shows internationally. Much like the previous Elevation Tour, the portion of the Vertigo Tour featured a stripped-down. Protruding from the stage was an ellipse-shaped catwalk that encapsulated a small number of fans. The tour grossed US$260 million in 110 sold-out concerts in 2005, in North America alone, the tour grossed $138.9 million from 1.4 million tickets sold. The Vertigo Tour won the 2005 Billboard Roadwork Touring Awards for Top Tour, Top Draw, and Top Single Event, and U2s management company Principle Management won for Top Manager. By the time it finished, the Vertigo Tour had sold 4,619,021 tickets — with 131 shows — for a gross of $389 million. The tour was depicted in three films, Vertigo 2005, Live from Chicago, Vertigo, Live from Milan. After rehearsing for several months in Vancouver, the opening night was on 28 March 2005 at the iPayOne Center in San Diego. The first leg through North America consisted of 28 sold-out indoor arena shows and finished on 28 May in Boston, the second leg was a European stadium tour, commencing on 10 June in Brussels and finishing on 14 August in Lisbon. They played in a number of venues including Amsterdam, London, Dublin, Madrid, Milan, U2 broke Irish box office marks with ticket sales for three Croke Park concerts in Dublin, after more than 240,000 tickets were sold in record time. In The Netherlands, Belgium, France and Austria, the tickets were all sold within 60 minutes. On 9 March 2006, it was announced the final 10 shows in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, on 20 July 2006, it was announced that they were rescheduled for November and December, with some adjustments and additions of dates. The fifth leg started on 7 November in Brisbane, Australia and concluded on 9 December 2006 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, the Vertigo Tours production was designed by architect Mark Fisher and stage and lighting designer Willie Williams. Key elements were an ellipse-shaped ramp on the connected to the stage, with some fans inside it. The inside area of the came to be known as the bomb shelter. The curtain design permitted concertgoers around the arena to have an excellent view of the curtains above the band, the roll-drop LED screens were designed by Fisher using 360deg golf-ball pixels developed with Frederic Opsomer of Innovative Designs in Belgium. The spherical LED product joined the BARCO product line as the Mi-Sphere, the Vertigo Tour used 189 strings of these MiSphere LED balls suspended from custom truss, which allows the LED curtains to be rolled up

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U2 performs in Anaheim on April 1, 2005.
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The symbols of Islam, Judaism and Christianity form the word "Coexista" during a performance of " Sunday Bloody Sunday " in Mexico City.
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The stage and LED curtain viewed from the rear at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia on 22 May 2005.

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Glow in the Dark Tour
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The Glow in the Dark Tour is a critically acclaimed world concert tour by Kanye West featuring Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, N. E. R. D, Santigold and Nas. It began on April 16,2008 in Seattle, Washington and travelled to Latin America, Asia, Europe, New Zealand, the tour featured some surprise special guest artists, including Gnarls Barkley and Jay-Z. Chris Brown also appeared at shows to perform his remix of Umbrella with Rihanna. For the New Zealand and Australian leg of the special guests Nas and New Zealand rapper Scribe replaced Lupe Fiasco and N. E. R. D. Vanness Wu performed as the act on the Asian leg of the tour. A same titled book authored by Kanye West with photography by Nabil Elderkin was published by Rizzoli USA in October 2009, the tour grossed $30.8 million from 49 shows. A brief controversy emerged when during his performance in Sacramento, West accidentally referred to the city as Seattle, West quickly admitted his mistake and made an apology to fans on his official blog. Wests scheduled time at the Bonnaroo Music Festival was changed from 8,00 pm to 2,45 am to accommodate the show for the Glow in the Dark Tour. This marked the first ever night show on the big What Stage in Bonnaroos 7-year history. Pearl Jam ended up playing 50 mins over their allotted time, a message on the monitors stated that the show would start at 3,30. When that didnt happen, the crowd grew restless and started chanting Kanye Sucks, once West came out on stage at 4,25 am most people quieted down. The delay was due to complications in the set up of Wests elaborate glow in the dark concept concert after the Pearl Jam set. Graffiti was found throughout the festival ranging from Fuck Kanye to Jay-Z Would Have Been on Time, West later wrote an outraged post on his blog, expressing his anger at the crowds response and at Superflys mismanagement. Glow in the Dark LA Times review Entertainment Weekly review New York Times review Perez Hilton review The Observer review

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Rihanna on the tour

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Fame Kills: Starring Kanye West and Lady Gaga
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Fame Kills, Starring Kanye West and Lady Gaga was a planned co-headlining concert tour by American rapper Kanye West and singer Lady Gaga. For the tour, which would have supported Wests fourth album 808s & Heartbreak and Gagas The Fame Monster EP, shortly after the cancellation, Gaga embarked on her own tour, The Monster Ball Tour, while West took a break from his career. In June 2009, West announced on The View he would be touring with Gaga, shes talented and so incredible that shes not an opening act, he said. Were doing it together, with no opening act, in August, Gaga expressed her belief that the tour would be one of the most groundbreaking moments in touring history. Before the singer agreed to collaborate with West, she demanded that the tour would remain accessible to her gay fans, Im gay, she recalled telling West in an interview with Out magazine, my music is gay. And I love my gay fans and theyre all going to be coming to our show, and its going to remain gay. The tours stage was designed by Gaga and West as a traverse, Instead of being on just one end of the arena and its not really in-the-round, its more of a runway. West would perform his singles, Gaga would perform hers, Gaga said she enjoyed designing Fame Kills with West, calling themselves creative kindreds. She explained that they did not plan to tour for themselves, but rather for everybody else, I make pop music and Kanyes fans love pop music because he has changed what hip-hop means, she said. For me, the tour is more about just bringing people together, the show is a celebration of creativity, art, fashion and choreography. He was like, Im not selling a ticket to a fan who cant see the show, a promotional video for the tour was released in September 2009. West posted the video on his blog accompanied by the text, the 30-second clip features slow-motion footage of a topless Gaga being carried by a man presumed to be West. He declared, Yo, Taylor, Im really happy for you, and Im going to let you finish, West was profusely criticized from celebrities and fans alike over the incident. Following the interruption, the status of Fame Kills was rumored to be in question, a representative from an US urban radio station commented, I think this could potentially affect his upcoming tour with Lady Gaga. This isnt an urban tour — urban audiences can be a bit more forgiving than mainstream audiences are, I can see him going on stage and people booing him. Less than a week after the sales began, the tour was canceled. Various reasons circulated as to why the tour was canceled and it was suspected that it was canceled due to extremely poor ticket sales, feuding between Gaga and Wests management teams, and Gagas desire to play in smaller venues. Gagas choreographer, Laurieann Gibson, said the tour was terminated due to differences between Gaga and West

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Title card of the tour
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Gaga only agreed to tour with West under the condition that everything "remain gay".
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West (pictured) was criticized for his interruption of Taylor Swift 's VMA speech. The incident reportedly put the fate of the Fame Kills tour in question.

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Watch the Throne Tour
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Following the Glow in the Dark Tour, it marks Wests first concert tour after four years, excluding his ultimately cancelled tour, Fame Kills with Lady Gaga. It follows Jay-Zs opening act for U2 at the U2 360° Tour, additional West singles like Gold Digger, Stronger, Heartless and All of the Lights and Jay-Z singles like Izzo,99 Problems, Run This Town, and Empire State of Mind are also performed. The tour had very little promotion before its premiere, with the exception being behind-the-scene concert footage sponsored by Voyr. The tour had a gross of $75 million off 63 shows. The show begins with West and Jay-Z emerging on two cube-shaped mini stages to the sounds of H•A•M. Afterwards, Kanye leaves the stage, and Jay-Z performs songs like Where Im From and Empire State of Mind, encouraging the audience to sing along. The most energetic part of the show has been reported to be during Niggas in Paris, and sweet brother Malcolm X flashing on the big screen. USA Today described the design, This show was visually spectacular. West and Jay-Z performed separately on these cubes, which showed images at different points of the show. Fireballs the size of car tires shot from the floor toward the ceiling during some performances, two large video screens behind the main stage showed appropriate images during the performances, a virtually non-stop laser light show added to the oomph factor. Critical reception towards the tour was positive, the resulting stomping had Philips Arena rocking and shaking in a way that it hasnt for the Hawks in a long time. Rap-Up mused it was a moment for Jay-Z and Kanye West as they kicked off the Watch the Throne tour to a packed house at Philips Arena in Atlanta on Friday night. The hip-hop kings, collectively known as The Throne, opened the most anticipated hip-hop tour of the year with a bang. Idolator stated that the featured a epic set list that featured selections from each artists own behemoth catalog of hits as well as their Watch The Throne collaborations. The tour has grossed $48.3 million so far by the end of 2011, making it the highest grossing hip-hop tour, rihanna made a special guest appearance on the third date in London, performing her vocals on Run This Town and All of the Lights. She is the only artist to have made a guest appearance on the tour, during the last date in London, Kanye West performed Mercy live for the first time. During the last date in Paris, at the Palais Omnisports de Bercy, they set the record, during the last date in Birmingham, Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian participated in the crowd mosh pit during the performance of Niggas in Paris

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The Yeezus Tour
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The Yeezus Tour was a concert tour by American rapper Kanye West in support of Wests sixth solo studio album, Yeezus. The venture served as Wests first solo tour in five years. Kendrick Lamar, A Tribe Called Quest, Travi$ Scott, and it had the second highest grossing leg of a tour during 2013, behind Paul McCartneys Out There. After the release of Yeezus on June 18,2013, rumors begun circulating that West would embark on a solo tour, co-producer of the album Mike Dean reported that there would be a tour for the album and that he would be a backing producer for the show. On September 6,2013, West tweeted the word TOUR along with the picture of the tour. All of the tour dates became available via his official website. Kendrick Lamar served as an act on the majority of the tour. At the October 25,2013 show, GOOD Music signee Pusha T served as the opening act, on October 15,2013, it was revealed that two of the four New York shows will feature A Tribe Called Quest as supporting acts instead of Lamar. These concerts were stated to be A Tribe Called Quests final performances ever, vanessa Beecroft, Es Devlin and John McGuire created the scenography with both Maison Martin Margiela and West working together to create fashion pieces and outfits for The Yeezus Tour. The stage used by West also resembled a fashion catwalk, another influence for the stage setup, according to West, came from the 1973 film The Holy Mountain, a biblical redemption story. This can be seen one of the stages main features, a 50-foot high mountain, called Mount Yeezus by some. The foot of the then lead to a secondary stage that elevated up to the main stage that was shaped like a triangle. As part of the theme, the performance is separated into five parts, Fighting, Rising, Falling, Searching and Finding. Above Mount Yeezus, a 60-foot wide circular LED screen was placed along with a sound system by DONDA. On October 30,2013 while on the road to Vancouver, a truck carrying custom-made video screens and equipment for the show was involved in a car crash, the crash damaged the equipment beyond repair. Def Jam issued a statement on the saying, This gear is central to the staging of The Yeezus Tour. As a result of event, it is impossible to put on the show. Kanye West will not compromise on bringing the show, as it was envisioned and designed

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West laying on the triangular main stage accompanied by dancers; all shown on a circular LED screen above Mount Yeezus.
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West performing during the Yeezus Tour in support of the album of the same name.

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Roc-A-Fella Records
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Roc-A-Fella Records was an American record label founded by American recording artist Jay-Z, Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs Burke. It operated as a division of The Island Def Jam Music Group, the foundation of the label occurred in 1996, beginning as an independent outlet for rapper Jay-Zs first album. M. O. P. and DJ Clue, as well as producer Irv Gotti, hard Knock Life, saw him largely depart from his previous entourage and venture forth with producers Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, The 45 King and Jermaine Dupri. Though Da Ranjahz put in appearances on Memphis Bleeks first album, Coming of Age, in 1999, they soon parted ways with Roc-A-Fella Records. Jay-Zs 1999 album Vol.3. Life and Times of S. Carter continued Jays new affiliations with then-popular producers, in 2000, Jay-Z put out The Dynasty, Roc La Familia as a solo album. Rather than return to Timbaland or Swizz Beatz for production, Jay selected beats from a new crop of producers, Jonathan Chandler, Kanye West, Bink, The Neptunes, each beatsmith would go on to become consistently involved in future Roc-A-Fella Records projects. The new millennium saw Roc-A-Fella Records begin to expand one figurehead artist, Beanie Sigels The Truth had reached #5 on the Billboard charts in 2000, and DJ Clue released The Professional 2 in 2000. During this time, Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel were embroiled in a feud with Ruff Ryders Entertainment artists Jadakiss, Camron put out his Roc-A-Fella Records debut Come Home with Me in 2002 to platinum sales, and shortly signed his group The Diplomats to Roc-A-Fella Records, as well. From 2002 to 2003, Dame Dash signed several artists in response to Jay-Zs talk of retirement after his 2002 album The Blueprint2, The Gift & The Curse. He signed M. O. P. and Ol Dirty Bastard, gave Grafh a joint-venture deal, Dash, poised to take greater control in the company, began heavily promoting artists Camron, The Diplomats, State Property, Kanye West and Twista. In 2004, Kanye Wests album, The College Dropout, became a commercial and critical success, selling multi-platinum. The infamous split occurred when it was revealed that Carter, Dash and Burke had sold their 50% interest in Roc-A-Fella Records to The Island Def Jam Music Group, as President, Carter retained control of the Roc and his masters, ousting his two former partners. M. O. P. and Grafh also left Roc-A-Fella Records for Dame Dash Music Group, though both acts parted ways with Dash soon thereafter. Due to the 2004 death of Ol Dirty Bastard, Dash also brought with him masters of the project and promises to release the album, A Son Unique. It was stated by Memphis Bleek that Cory Gunz had signed, by the end of the year, Dash had split his label from Def Jam Recordings and Jay-Zs role overseeing his project, after asking for more money and a bigger role in the company. Dame Dash Music Group left Def Jam Recordings and was subsequently dissolved, in 2006, releases were largely limited to those of Roc-La-Familia, a Latino-geared label under Roc-A-Fella Records that followed the trend of Reggaeton. Both put out albums, and the label was home to New York rapper Tru Life, Jay-Z made his return that year with Kingdom Come, to mixed reviews. Freeways project received critical acclaim but not major sales, and contained comments aimed at Kanye West and Just Blaze for not supplying production and he later amended his comments, stating he desired to work with Just Blaze but the producer hasnt reached out

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Very GOOD Beats
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GOOD Music, Inc. is an American record label founded in 2004, by hip hop artist and record producer Kanye West. The label has housed several successful recording artists throughout the years, such as Big Sean, Pusha T, Common, John Legend, Tyga, Kid Cudi, Desiigner, Teyana Taylor and Mos Def, among others. Their roster of producers include Travis Scott, Southside, Hit-Boy, Hudson Mohawke, Q-Tip, Jeff Bhasker. The label has released 10 albums certified gold or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America, Kanye West founded GOOD Music in 2004, in conjunction with Sony BMG, shortly after releasing his debut album, The College Dropout. John Legend, Common, and West were the labels inaugural artists, legends Get Lifted was the labels first album release - this received eight nominations and three wins at the 2006 Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and Best R&B Album. In October 2006, Legend released his album, Once Again. Commons Be, the second release, was the recipient of four Grammy Award nominations. The label later added GLC, Really Doe, Malik Yusef, Tony Williams, Wests second studio album, Late Registration, included featured guest appearances by every artist signed to GOOD Musics roster at the time of its release in August 2005. In May 2007, Detroit rapper Big Sean signed to the label, in 2008, West signed British singer-songwriter Mr Hudson, after hearing A Tale of Two Cities. He also signed then up-and-coming rapper Kid Cudi, after hearing his work from producer and manager Plain Pat. Kid Cudis debut album, Man on the Moon, The End of Day was released under GOOD Music on September 15,2009, the album earned three Grammy nominations and was certified Gold by the RIAA. A month later Mr Hudsons solo debut, Straight No Chaser, was released, the label held a cypher for the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards in June, that featured West, Common, Big Sean and new signee Cyhi the Prynce. In late 2010, West released several tracks featuring himself, and others members of the GOOD Music roster, in a free weekly giveaway known as, G. O. O. D. In September 2010, West signed Brooklyn rapper Mos Def to GOOD Music. and shortly afterwards Consequence released a diss track, the following month Pusha T announced his signing. Late in 2010, Kid Cudi released his studio album Man on the Moon II, The Legend of Mr. Rager. In April 2011, West signed American rapper and producer Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West also signed producer Hit-Boy, to Very G. O. O. D. In 2011, West signed Nigerian artists Dbanj and Don Jazzy, in June 2011, GOOD Music signed their first distribution agreement, with Def Jam Recordings. Big Seans debut Finally Famous was the first album released by GOOD Music with distribution by Def Jam, in late 2011, plans were announced for a release of a compilation album, later entitled Cruel Summer

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Rapper Kanye West founded the record label during 2004.
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Common was one of the label's first signees.
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Kid Cudi signed to the label in 2008 and left in 2013, following the release of his third album Indicud.

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Nike Air Yeezy
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The Nike Air Yeezy is an official sneaker collaboration project between Nike and Kanye West. Notable as the brands first non-athlete full collaboration, the project has released two editions, the Air Yeezy and the Air Yeezy II. The Nike Air Yeezy, was developed from 2007 to 2009 by rapper Kanye West, the design process for the Nike Air Yeezy was long and features dozens of sample colorways and silhouettes. The early prototype of the Air Yeezy had many features that differ from the release version of the shoe. Instance, the midsole and outsole featured what the shoe’s creators referred to as Death Star tooling, the outsole also featured the Y-print that was used on the toebox of the three release versions. While several color and wear test samples of the Nike Air Yeezy were made, some are widely known. West wore an all black suede pair during his 2008 Grammy Awards performance of Stronger, the other sample that was met with much discussion among fans of the shoe was the Fire Red Nike Air Yeezy, which was named for the bright red color on the midsole. This colorway was first seen on Kanye’s feet during the Glow in the Dark Tour and has been worn by the rapper several times since. According to industry rumors, this colorway was strongly considered for release alongside the other 3 release colorways, each colorway had a suggested retail price of $215 and sold out almost immediately. Despite this statement, none of these designs were used for the Air Yeezy 2, the shoe features much more of an animalistic design inspiration than the original Air Yeezy, sporting a ridged, reptile inspired heel counter and a snake skin inspired design on the quarters. The shoe, like the original Air Yeezy, borrows tooling from other Nike models, the Air Yeezy 2 borrows its sole unit from the popular Nike Air Tech Challenge II tennis model. The shoe also features references to Egyptian culture, featuring depictions of the god Horus on the tongue and insole. There were also several design decisions during the making of the Nike Air Yeezy 2 that were a response to some of Kanye’s issues with the initial Nike Air Yeezy. Firstly, unnecessary padding along the upper was eliminated, and the shoe was made shorter for greater mobility, also, the shoe was purposely slimmed down, to create a thinner look on feet and better fit Kanye West’s foot. Aside from the three pairs in existence and the pictures of the aforementioned sample that spread through various sneaker media sources. Following a series of high-profile teases of the shoe, Nike announced the Air Yeezy II sneaker on May 29,2012, rapper Macklemore was also seen wearing the Nike Air Yeezy 2s during his performance in Times Square, New York on New Years Eve. Macklemore was also seen throwing the rare sneaker into the crowd, amid wide anticipation, the shoe was released with 5000 of each color way on June 9,2012. While sold for a price of $245, the shoe gained notoriety for its wildly inflated resale value upwards of $4,000

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Shutter Shades
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Shutter Shades, also known as slatted shades or Venetian Blind shades are louvered sunglasses. A design of louvered sunglasses was released in America in the 1950s, the 1980s design became a popular youth fashion trend. Instead of having lenses, the design is characterized by its shutter motif, the shades are marketed as suitable for both men and women and are available in an assortment of styles and colors. Shutter Shades are a design of slatted sunglasses, the first louvered sunglasses date from the 1950s, and a modernized version was released in the early 1980s. Sometime referred to as Venetian Blinders, examples were featured in the videos for Glittering Prize by Simple Minds in 1982. They were also popularized by professional wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage, alain Mikli made a contemporary custom design for Kanye West, again influenced by the fashion of the 1980s. West popularized Miklis design in the video for Stronger. In 2007, Shutter Shades, Inc. released a design, and coined the term Shutter Shades, which they also trademarked with the USPTO. Media related to Shutter Shades at Wikimedia Commons

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A young man wearing shutter shades.

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Kanye Zone
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Kanye Zone is a browser game developed by Otter Spice Productions. The game incorporates sound clips from Wests song Niggas in Paris, in May 2013, a follow-up game, titled Pitbull Party and based on the rapper Pitbull, was released. The players left and right arrow keys and space bar control a bumper that moves around a purple circle, a silhouette of Kanyes head shows where he will next spawn, and an arrow inside it indicates what direction he will travel in. If the players score is high enough, it is added to a leaderboard on the right of the page. The game was created by roommates Michael Frederickson—a technical director at Pixar—and Stephen Barlow using HTML5, the two heard Kanye Wests song Niggas in Paris and became obsessed with the lyric Dont let me into my zone, and what it would mean to do so. It was inspired by 1980s games such as Pac-Man, as well as the 1972 game Pong and they noted that although they tried to make the rest of the game flashy, the zone had to be this unremarkable geometric form so as not to be distracting. Frederickson mused that the nature of Kanyes zone is the question of the game. The fact that the player begins the game with $50,000 is a reference to the Niggas in Paris lyric Whats 50 grand to a mothafucka like me, can you please remind me—the amount represents nothing. Kanye Zone was released on March 9,2012 by Otter Spice Productions, although two million games had been played in under a month, the game was not very profitable, as the creators made only eight dollars off the game. The developers have created a store selling various items adorned with a picture of the zone. He was also a guest on the British video gaming radio show One Life Left. Luke Plunkett of Kotaku called the game a perversely addictive thing, and Complexs Jacob Moore said it is as basic as it can get, metro dubbed Kanye Zone the dumbest game you will spend 20 minutes playing and a hilarious low impact game in the tradition of early Atari. In March 2012, Frederickson stated that he was not yet working on a sequel to the game, however, on May 31,2013, Pitbull Party, a follow-up to Kanye Zone, was released. Based on Pitbulls song Dont Stop the Party and released by Otter Spice Productions, fishsticks—a South Park episode that also parodies West Kanye Zone Otter Spice Productions

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The game features and parodies the American hip hop artist Kanye West.
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Kanye's head about to enter the zone, with the bumper opposite

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Kim Kardashian
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Kimberly Kim Kardashian West is an American reality television personality, socialite, actress, businesswoman and model. Kardashian first gained attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton. Later that year, she and her family began to appear in the E. s reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Its success soon led to the creation of spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York and Kourtney, Kardashians personal life soon became subject to widespread media attention. In recent years, Kardashian has grown an influential online and social presence, including tens of millions of followers on Twitter. She has released a variety of products tied to her name, including the successful 2014 mobile game Kim Kardashian, Hollywood, a variety of clothing and products, and the 2015 photo book Selfish. Her relationship with rapper Kanye West has also received significant media coverage, Time magazine included Kardashian on their list of 2015s 100 most influential people, while Vogue described her in 2016 as a pop culture phenomenon. Critics and admirers have described her as exemplifying the notion of being famous for being famous and she was reported to be the highest-paid reality television personality of 2015, with her total earnings exceeding US$53 million. Kardashian was born on October 21,1980 in Los Angeles, California, to parents Robert and she has an older sister Kourtney, a younger sister Khloé, and a younger brother Rob. Their mother is of Dutch, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry, after their parents divorced in 1991, her mother married again that year, to Caitlyn Jenner, the 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon winner. Through their marriage, Kardashian gained step-brothers Burton Burt, Brandon, and Brody, step-sister Casey, as a teenager, she attended Marymount High School, a Roman Catholic all-girls school in Los Angeles. In 1994, her father represented football player O. J. Simpson during his murder trial, Kims father died in 2003 of cancer. In her 20s, Kardashian was the friend and stylist of socialite Paris Hilton. In February 2007, a sex tape made by Kardashian and Ray J in 2003 was leaked, Kardashian filed a lawsuit against Vivid Entertainment, who distributed the film as Kim K Superstar. She later dropped the suit and settled for a reported US$5 million, the series proved successful for E. and has led to the creations of spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York and Kourtney and Kim Take Miami. In one of the episode, Kim discussed an offer from Playboy to appear nude in the magazine and that December, Kardashian posed for a nude pictorial for Playboy. In 2008, she made her film debut in the disaster film spoof Disaster Movie. That same year, she was a participant on season seven of Dancing with the Stars, Kardashian was the third contestant to be eliminated